Story so Far: AU Season Two. Season one is unchanged however Veronica never broke up with Logan during the summer. Logan and Veronica dated most of senior year. There was no bus crash. She never dated Duncan the second time. Duncan is happy with Meg. Veronica helped Logan find out who really killed Felix. Logan broke up with Veronica when he found out she had spend the night with Weevil. Logan has a surfing accident and loses his memory. Thinking he is still dating Veronica, he decides to go home with her and let her look after him. Now on with the story.....

Veronica looks up from her lap top as Logan stirs on her bed. He moans and puts his hand to his head. He opens his eyes and Veronica watches as his eyes focus and he figures out where he is. He looks over at Veronica sitting at the desk. He notices she is looking at him tentatively, like she is not sure what mood he is going to be in when he awakens.

"Hey baby." Logan says groggily. "What time is it?"

Veronica answers quietly, "It's seven o'clock."

Logan yawns, "Wow, I slept three hours."

Veronica gets up slowly and walks over to the bed. She says concerned, "How does your head feel?"

Logan groans and says, "Like an elephant is sitting on it."

Veronica smiling a little at his description opens his bottle of pain pills and gets one for him. She hands him the pill and a bottle of water. Logan sit up part way, puts the pill in his mouth and takes a drink of the water. He puts the bottle back on the nightstand and looks over at Veronica. He reaches out and takes her hand and pulls her onto the bed with him.

Veronica falls into the bed beside Logan. He immediately wraps his arm around her pulling her to his side. Veronica, her eyes wide with surprise, says "Logan, you are supposed to be resting."

Logan says pouting a little, "I just want to hold you Ronnie. I haven't really seen you all day." He pulls her closer and settles them both down on the pillow. He sighs with pleasure at the feel of her in his arms.

Veronica holds herself stiffly at first but as Logan's breathing becomes slower and deeper, she relaxes her head on his shoulder and snuggles into his side. Logan sighs and pulls her even closer. He mumbles, "Love you." And then seems to drift off to sleep.

Veronica lets herself relax. She decides she will lie there for a few minutes until she is sure he is asleep. Then she will get up and get back to her studies.

It is warm and comfortable lying with Logan. She has missed the feel of being in his arms and being held close to him. She felt so protected when he held her. She closes her eyes and before too long drifts off into a sound sleep.

Logan opens his eyes after he feels her breathing and heart rate slow and he hears her soft snores. He looks down at Veronica sleeping in his arms. He stares at her peaceful face. It is a side of Veronica very few people get to see. He likes all sides of her but peaceful Veronica is one of his favorites. He gently brushes the hair away from her eyes and runs his thumb over her lips. She sighs and parts her lips at his touch. He closes his eyes and drifts off to sleep.

Veronica opens her eyes and looks around. She is in her own bed. She looks over and sees that Logan is sleeping beside her. Her arms are around his body and her legs are tangled with his. Veronica starts to pull away slowly not wanting to wake Logan. She pulls one leg away and slowly starts pulling her arm from across his body. Logan moans quietly and rolls over so that Veronica is trapped beneath his body. Her hips are cradling his body and her arm is around his neck. He puts his arms more firmly around her and pulls her closer to his body. He lowers his head and starts nuzzling her neck. Veronica stiffens beneath him and says, "Logan, stop."

Logan hums quietly and trails kisses up to her mouth. He gently kisses her and Veronica says, "Logan, this is not a good idea."

Logan says sleepily, "I think it is a great idea," and covers her mouth with his. He delves his tongue in and for a second Veronica stiffens and then she relaxes and joins in the kiss. Their tongues duel and the kiss intensifies. Logan slides his hands up from her hips to her waist and then up below her breasts. He tweaks her nipple through her bra and she moans softly. He feels her press against his arousal and it is his turn to moan.

Veronica immediately stiffens and pulls away. She says, "Oh God Logan! We shouldn't be doing this." She pushes against his chest with both hands.

He pulls away slightly and looks down at her. She is looking up at him anxiously. He puts a hand up and caresses her face gently. He says lovingly, "Don't worry. I'll be OK."

Veronica looks up at Logan, her eyes luminous and large in her face. Her face is flushed from her arrousal at his kiss, his caresses and his body pressing hers into the soft bed. She bits her bottom lip in worry.

Before she can say anything, Logan rolls on his back and pulls her on top of him. He holds her securely to him and looks up at her. She looks beautiful with her golden hair mussed and her face flushed by her passion. Her lips are red from his kisses. He stares up at her his dark eyes warm and full of emotion.

Veronica finds herself suddenly on top. She puts her knees down to try and get up only to have Logan securely hold her core to his arousal. Veronica looks down at Logan and her breath catches in her chest. His eyes are dark brown like they get when he is about to make love to her. His hair is messy from sleep and her hands running through it. The bandage on his forehead is white compared to his tanned face. His lips are red from kissing her. He looks sexy. Veronica feels her core contract with arousal just looking at him. She takes a deep breath. She reaches up and touches his forehead gently. She says, "You should rest some more. "

Logan smiles wickedly at her and says, "I'll just lie here and let you do the work."

Veronica blushes and says, "I think even that is off the doctor's list of activities for tonight Logan."

Logan pushes up against her and her breath hitches. He says slowly, "We won't tell the doctor."

Veronica shakes her head and says, "Logan."

He laughs and then winces and puts his hand to his forehead. He says "Maybe you're right. Rain check?"

Veronica smiles gently at him and says, "We'll see. Now let go of me. I will go and make you some soup."

Logan slides his hands up her torso and back to her shoulders. He pulls her down and gently kisses her lips. "Thanks for looking after me."

Veronica kisses him back gently and says, "You're welcome."

She gets off of Logan and heads to the door. She turns back and gets shorts and a t shirt from her drawer. He sees they are ones she borrowed when she stayed over with him. She hands them to Logan. "Why don't you shower and by the time you are done, I will have your soup ready?"

Logan reaches for the clothes and nods at Veronica. She leaves. Logan sits on the edge of the bed. He is surprised she still has his clothes in her drawer. He thought after their breakup, she would have thrown his stuff out. He shakes his head and gets up slowly and walks to the bathroom. God it felt good holding her in his arms and kissing her again.

Logan looks around the shower and doesn't see the shampoo. He quietly opens the bathroom door and heads down the hall to the kitchen area. Veronica is talking on the phone facing the stove with her back to the room. She is slowly stirring something in a pot on the stove. Logan sees she has set two plates on the counter of the island for them. He is about to ask her where the shampoo is when he hears her says quietly, "Eli, it is different for Carmen."

Veronica is quiet for a second. She says, "I know you wish there was something you could do to make it better. All we can do is be there for her."

Veronica sighs and says sweetly, "I know you are hurting too Eli. I was there at the hospital most of the night remember?

Veronica goes on, "It's just the baby was inside her, she had more of a connection than you. It is going to take her longer to recover."

Logan feels the breath leave his body.

Veronica says quietly, "You are welcome. You can call me anytime. I am here for you both. "

Logan is standing there in shock. He can't believe what he is hearing. He starts to back quietly out of the room. He stops when he hears her next sentence.

Veronica says, "Eli, what are you going to say to Logan? He won't listen to you."

Veronica says bitingly, "You already cheated with Lilly behind his back. Why would he believe you wouldn't do that with me?"

Veronica's voice rises. "No. We have talked about this before. He has known me since I was twelve. If he doesn't know by now I would never cheat on him, then he will never know it."

There is another pause and Veronica says woodenly, "It is for the best Eli. In a few months, I will be leaving for college. I am asking you to let it go; for me."

Veronica says, "Thanks. I will drop by and see Carmen tomorrow."

Veronica says bye and hangs up.

Logan backs out of the room quietly and goes back into the bathroom. His head is spinning but not from the fall. He sits down on the edge of the tub and puts his head in his hands. He is trying to make sense of what he has heard.

Carmen was pregnant with Weevil's baby and lost it. Veronica was with Weevil and Carmen at the hospital that night when she lost the baby.

Logan runs his hands through his hair. God, she was just helping him. She is allowing all the rumors about her and Weevil to protect him and Carmen. Why didn't Veronica tell him?

Logan thinks back to the day he broke up with her. He thinks about how she told him that it wasn't her secret to tell but she didn't and wouldn't fool around on him. She asked him to trust her.

Logan stands up and paces in the small bathroom. He moans when he thinks about her face when he told her they were through and he didn't trust her. He thinks about the horrible things he said to her about her being just like Lilly and how he put up with Lilly cheating on him and he wasn't going to do that again.

His jealous nature ruined his relationship with Veronica. She's right. He has known her since she was twelve. He does know she wouldn't fool around on him. He knew as he said those horrible things to her that Veronica wasn't like Lilly. He was just hurting so bad, lashing out, jealous.

Logan sits back down on the edge of the tub. This whole situation is such a mess. After he was injured, he laid on the stretcher wishing Veronica was on her way to be with him. When the doctor told him he might experience some memory loss, the idea just popped into his head to use his injury to get closer to Veronica. He needs to see if they had anything left between them before they graduate and she goes off to college.

Logan sighs. He has missed her. His life seems to have no meaning without her in it. He doesn't want any other girls. He just wants Veronica.

He puts his head in his hands and moans again. He was going to see if he could forgive her. God what an ass he is! It's her that has to forgive him. What is he going to do now? Should he come clean and ask her to forgive him? Should he keep the charade of memory loss going?

His introspection is halted when he hears a tentative knock on the door. "Logan" she says quietly, "Are you OK?"
Logan raises his head and says "I'm fine Veronica."

Veronica hesitates and then asks, "Are you done showering? Do you need help?"

Logan quickly says, "No I'll be a few more minutes. Where is the shampoo?"

Veronica says slowly, "In the window sill."

There is a pause while Logan locates it. He says, "Found it. Thanks."

Veronica's voice comes through the door, "The soup is ready whenever you are done."

Logan reaching in to the tub, turns on the water. He says, "Great. I'll be there in a few minutes."

He hears Veronica say 'OK" and her walk back towards the kitchen.

Logan strips off his clothes and steps into the shower. He might as well wash the sand and blood off.

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A few minutes later Logan comes into the kitchen and sees Veronica working on her laptop. She looks up and says, "Are you OK?"

Logan says quietly, "I'm fine Veronica."

Veronica gets up and motions to the island. "Sit down. I'll bring you your soup."

She heads over to the stove and stirs the soup. She carries the pot over to the island and pours some soup in his bowl and then hers. She takes the pot back to the stove. When she turns around Logan has sat down on the chair in front of his bowl. He sniffs the soup and says appreciatively, "It smells good." He reaches for his spoon and then looks up at Veronica meeting her gaze. He quietly says, "Thanks"

Veronica smiles at Logan tentatively saying, "You're welcome." Logan turns his attention to his soup. He notices it is chicken noodle. He smiles a little as he knows Veronica remembers that his mother always made it for him after his father hit him. They would sit in the kitchen and he would have the soup while his mother fussed over him gently pushing his hair off his forehead and caressing his face.

They both eat without talking; both lost in their thoughts. It is not an uncomfortable silence though. It is a silence between two people who have known each other a long time. It is the silence between two people who are both waiting for something to happen.

After eating, Veronica stands awkwardly and picks up her plate. She looks around then finally asks Logan if he wants to go back to bed or watch TV.

Logan watching her says, "Let's watch TV." He gets up and picks up his bowl and spoon. He walks over and puts them in the sink and heads over to the couch.

Veronica cleans up the kitchen while Logan is flipping through the channels.

He looks up at her and says, "Do you want to head over to my place? I have satellite?"

Veronica looks over at Logan and suggests uncomfortably, "Why don't we just stay here? "

Logan smiles at her and says ruefully, "I probably won't stay awake long anyways?

He pats the couch beside him enticingly, "Come and sit with me Ronnie."

Veronica finishes wiping down the counter and walks tentatively over and sits beside Logan. He puts his arm around her and pulls her to his side. With his other hand he changes the channel. He finds a movie and says, "I haven't seen this one in a while. Is this movie OK?"

Veronica answers, her voice quiet, "Sure. I can always watch Orlando Bloom wearing pants."

Pulling Veronica closer, Logan playfully teases, "I thought I was supposed to be the only guy you look at,"

Shaking her head at him, Veronica says quietly, "I like looking at you better Logan."

Logan leans down and kisses her forehead and says, "Thanks Babe."

They watch the movie quietly for a while. Veronica relaxes into Logan's side.

Her phone rings and she pulls it out of her pants pocket and depresses the answer button. "Duncan"

Logan turns down the volume on the TV. Veronica after listening, answers quietly "Yes he is fine. I'll let you talk to him."

Veronica hands her phone to Logan and gets up to go to the kitchen. Logan puts the phone to his ear and says happily, "Hey DK. How was the party?"

He listens for a few seconds and then smiles and says, "No shit. That's Dick for you."

Veronica from the kitchen hears Logan say, "I'm glad you found it. I'll use Veronica's cell until I get mine back from you tomorrow. Do I have any missed calls?"

Logan holding the phone to his ear looks over and sees Veronica watching him from the kitchen. He motions her over to sit with him while he listens.

Logan turns his attention back to the phone call. He says, "Those can all wait until tomorrow." He watches while Veronica gets two waters out of the fridge and brings them over to the couch.

Logan smiles at something Duncan has said. He answers easily, "My head still hurts but Ronnie has been taking good care of me."

Veronica hands a bottled water to Logan. He takes it and smiles at her.

Logan says, "No. Mr. Mars is out so I am going to stay at her place tonight. I'll call you tomorrow and maybe we can meet up."

Logan puts his water on the table beside his end of the couch. He looks up at Veronica who is standing listening to his conversation with Duncan.

Logan lnods as he is listening to his friend, "Sure. I'll call you if I need anything. Thanks for taking me to the hospital."

He listens and then says, "I'll say goodbye to Veronica for you. Bye."

He hangs up the phone and hands it back to her.

He puts out his arm for Veronica to sit back on the couch with him. After a moment she sits down and leans into Logan's side. He puts his arm around her and settles her against him.

He looks at her for a few moments. Logan reaches over and tilts her chin up so he can see her face. He says, "I am so happy we are together Ronnie. I don't think I tell you that enough."

Veronica looks up at Logan in shock.

He goes on not seeming to notice her surprise. "I am happy dating you; really happy Ronnie. Perhaps for the first time in my life I know what it feels like to have someone really love me." He looks down at her, his expression tender and loving.

Veronica flounders and says a little emotionally, "Logan, what is causing all this?"

Logan leans down and places his forehead to hers; his brown eyes meeting her . She can read the sincerity in his. "I almost got really hurt today. All I could think about lying in the hospital was, what would I do if I didn't have you to care about me and to care about?"

Veronica bites her lower lip and says, "Logan…."

They are interrupted when Veronica's phone rings. He recognizes her father's ringtone. She takes a deep breath and pulls away from Logan slightly to get her cell phone out of her pocket. Logan leans back sitting up.

Logan listens as she talks to her dad. He gets the gist of the conversation from listening to her talk. Mr. Mars. may not be back until the day after tomorrow now. Logan thinks about the best way to handle this situation. He has more time to be with Veronica. Logan absently turns the volume back up on the TV when she is finished her call with her father. She settles in next to him again.

After the movie is over, Logan says, "I think I am going to go to bed. I am tired."

Veronica looks at him with concern and says, "I'll sleep in my Dad's bed so I don't disturb you."

Logan smiles at her and says, "Funny Ronnie." He adds, "Do you have much more studying to do before you come to bed?"

Veronica feels her heart jump when she looks at his handsome face. That slow smile always makes her melt.

She says "Another hour or so. Maybe you should take another pill before you go to sleep."

Logan leans over and kisses her softly and says, "I think I will. Thanks" He leans in and kisses her again, "Don't stay up too late. Even brainiac petite blondes need their sleep."

After another sweet kiss, Logan gets up and heads to the bathroom.

Veronica watches him leave and sighs. It has been like a little bit of heaven having Logan over tonight. He was the Logan she dated; teasing, flirting, downright suggestive but most of all so loving. It was so good to be held by him and get to hold him even for a few minutes. Veronica tries to steel herself for when he remembers. God what is he going to think about the time they spent together?

Back Up nudges her knee and Veronica pats his head and gets up to get his leash. He needs a walk and she needs to clear her head.

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Two chapters down, one to go........ Thank you all for reading. Let me know if you have anything I could have done better and what you liked. I feel like I have so much to learn and I appreciate you sharing your insights with me.